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RICKY LEWIS NEAL v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 16, 2025No. CR-24-753Published

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2025 Ark. 151

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-24-753 Opinion Delivered: October 16, 2025 RICKY LEWIS NEAL APPELLANT PRO SE APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTH DIVISION V. [NO. 60CR-21-616] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE KAREN D. APPELLEE WHATLEY, JUDGE AFFIRMED. KAREN R. BAKER, Chief Justice Appellant Ricky Lewis Neal appeals from the denial of his timely postconviction petition filed pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1.1 In December 2022, a Pulaski County jury convicted Neal of first-degree murder, for which he was sentenced as a violent-felony habitual…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Fred L. Williams v. State of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2019
  3. Gwin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  4. Douglas v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
  5. SAMMIE L. THOMAS, JR. v. STATE OF ARKANSASSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2022

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